The Book of Jasher.pdf - Bennie Blount.com
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17. Could it then be with their own strength that two men could destroy such a large city as Shechem had it not been<br />
for their God in whom they trusted? he said and did unto them all this to slay the inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the city in their<br />
city.<br />
18. And can you then prevail over them who have <strong>com</strong>e forth together from your city to fight with the whole <strong>of</strong><br />
them, even if a thousand times as many more should <strong>com</strong>e to your assistance?<br />
19. Surely you know and understand that you do not <strong>com</strong>e to fight with them, but you <strong>com</strong>e to war with their God<br />
who made choice <strong>of</strong> them, and you have therefore all <strong>com</strong>e this day to be destroyed.<br />
20. Now therefore refrain from this evil which you are endeavoring to bring upon yourselves, and it will be better<br />
for you not to go to battle with them, although they are but few in numbers, because their God is with them.<br />
21. And when the kings <strong>of</strong> the Amorites heard all the words <strong>of</strong> their advisers, their hearts were filled with terror, and<br />
they were afraid <strong>of</strong> the sons <strong>of</strong> Jacob and would not fight against them.<br />
22. And they inclined their ears to the words <strong>of</strong> their advisers, and they listened to all their words, and the words <strong>of</strong><br />
the counsellors greatly pleased the kings, and they did so.<br />
23. And the kings turned and refrained from the sons <strong>of</strong> Jacob, for they durst not approach them to make war with<br />
them, for they were greatly afraid <strong>of</strong> them, and their hearts melted within them from their fear <strong>of</strong> them.<br />
24. For this proceeded from the Lord to them, for he heard the prayers <strong>of</strong> his servants Isaac and Jacob, for they<br />
trusted in him; and all these kings returned with their camps on that day, each to his own city, and they did not at<br />
that time fight with the sons <strong>of</strong> Jacob.<br />
25. And the sons <strong>of</strong> Jacob kept their station that day till evening opposite mount Sihon, and seeing that these kings<br />
did not <strong>com</strong>e to fight against them, the sons <strong>of</strong> Jacob returned home.<br />
Faithfully translated (1840) from the Original Hebrew into English. A Reprint <strong>of</strong> Photo Lithographic Reprint <strong>of</strong> Exact<br />
Edition Published by J.H. Parry & Co., Salt Lake City: 1887]
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